SCARYTALES

SCARYTALES

Recent Eindhoven graduate Noortje van den Elzen has developed a rather grisly table service where hands, feet and little faces reach out from, and disappear into your food. As playful as it is sinister, the Scarytale plate, cup and bowl prompt…
15 Jan 10 | Talent
NATURE UNTAMED

NATURE UNTAMED

Perhaps you can blame the Renaissance and the quest for complete perfection - the natural world still tends to get portrayed in a controlled way. Branches simplified into repetitive patterns, majestic trees trimmed into squared beams, and flowers flattened …
07 Dec 09 | Products
BRIGHT INDUSTRY

BRIGHT INDUSTRY

Jessie Visser showed a number of his new furniture and lighting pieces at this year's Dutch Design Week, but this particularly caught our eye. The 'Klemlamp' is creatively functional: A steel hinge jams a fluorescent lightsource, holding it in place by g…
04 Nov 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009

NEWS

THE ARCHETYPICAL VASE

One of the major events over the weekend at this year's Dutch Design Week was the opening of the Design Academy Eindo…
20 Oct 09 | Talent

FLEXIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE

Designer Arianna Subri is in Eindhoven this week too, showcasing her latest products under the name Uroborodesign. …
19 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009

TACTILE COLOUR

Mirela Srša, a Masters student at the Sandberg Institute is one of the talents we've already picked out from D…
19 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009

A LOAD OF RUBBISH

A load of rubbish? Well actually, yes. Which is exactly why we're recommending it. Jeruselem-born, NYC-resident ar…
19 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009

KEEPING WATCH

Tomorrow, Dutch Design Week will be beginning it's eighth edition, becoming a platform for both up-and-coming and es…
16 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009
CREAM OF THE CROP

CREAM OF THE CROP

The Designhuis is famous for offering a platform where design, craft, art, and innovation are linked in an inspiring manner, but during this year's Dutch Des…
28 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009
MAKING MERRY

MAKING MERRY

Well, we told you about it on our Facebook page [1], and it seems the judges agreed: Studio Wieki Somers' Merry-Go-Round coat rack proved to be the best of t…
26 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009
HOT WATER

HOT WATER

We said we saw plenty of good new design during Dutch Design week from the students at the Design Academy Eindhoven and here's one product bound to give you …
26 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009
THE LAST SUPPER

THE LAST SUPPER

Fibonacci for your food? Yes please. Take a look at Studio Lawrence's ‘Last Supper Table’ which was on show at the 100% Design London event du…
21 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009
DUTCH INVERTUALS

DUTCH INVERTUALS

The Dutch Invertuals collective are showing a variety of creative designs for Dutch Design Week in Eindoven. They're a group of Design Academy graduates who'…
21 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009
WALL AND PIECE

WALL AND PIECE

Here's another final project from the Design Academy Eindhoven graduate show (be prepared - we've seen A LOT of nice design here so expect to hear about it o…
20 Oct 09 | Dutch-design-week-2009